Reflector for portable lamps



Nov.'10, 1931. G. w. cAsslDY 1,831,523

REFLE'CTOR FOR PORTABLE LAMPS l Filed Dec. 16. 1930 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR Nov. 10, 1931. G. w. cAsslDY REFLECTOR FOR PORTABLE LAMPS Filed Dec. 16. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR 7 TTORNEY Patented Nov. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES PATE GEORGE W. cAssmY, or' rIiUsHINe, NEW YORK .Y i Y REFLECTOR FOR PiORV-TABLEKLMPS Appli-canon filed Decemberv 1e, 1930. i serial Nofsoaeeo.

My invention relates to that class of lamps which are known as direct and indirect, and is suitable for use on either floorV or table lamps.

My invention has for its object to provide a construction in which the reflector will be supported in a one-piece housing which also y acts as a housing for the sockets for the direct illumination.

My invention has for its further object to provide a chamber in the housing for thev provide a device which can be quickly andv easily installed in place.

A further object is to provide a housing` constructed so that it will act as a holder for a mirror or other type of reflector and which will also provide means for supporting a` shade holder and lalso act as an eye shield` eliminating any direct rays from the main lamp and reflector.

My means of accomplishing the foregoing objects may be more readily understood by having reference to the accompanying drawings which 'are hereunto' annexed and are a part of this specification in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly broken away, showing the interior of the reflector;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, some of the parts being shown in elevation;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the intermediate portionof the housing; 'and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the detail view as shown in Fig. 3.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar' parts throughout the entire description.

As shown in the drawings, the main lamp bulb 1 is mounted in a socket 2 which is car- 5" ried by a nipple 3 mounted in an opening 4 in the center of the lower part of the housing;l This housing consists of an upwardly and outwardly Vflaring portion 5, an intermediate vertical cylindrical portion 6 and a vlower portion 7 which tapers inwardly;y and is suitably attached to the intermediate portion 6. VA reflector 8, which may be provided with af mirror orother suitable reflecting surface, is mounted inside of the upper portion 5 of the housing. As will be clearly seen from the drawings this portion 5 of the housing is provided with a vertical cylindrical portion 9, at its top, the edge of which acts as a support for the shade holder (not shown) and also prevents any direct rays7 light, emanating from the bulb, from reaching the eye of y an observer.

In the intermediate portion 6 I provide a l plurality of sockets 10 which are provided with the usual threads 11 with the reception of electric light bulbs 12 of standard construction. These sockets are suitably connected by electric current conductors which lead to a standard switch 13 which is secured to the vertical wall 14 of the intermediate portion 6. A chain pull 15 of the usual construction provides means for turning on the lights in these sockets. An opening 16 is formed in the socket 2 for the introduction of the current carrying conductors 17 and 18 to convey the current from a source of supply (not shown) to the switch 1.8. The socket 2 is provided with a chain pull 19 of standard construction, the chain passing through the opening 20 formed in the lower part 7 of the housing. The end 21 of the nipple 3 may be screwed into a tubing 22, a fragmentary portion of which only is shown in the drawings. This tubing may be a standard of any type of portable lamp. It will be apparent from an inspection of the drawings and thel hereinbefore contained description that I have produced a reflector for indirect lamps which obtains all of the objects set forth and enables me to produce a device in which all of the exposed parts are so constructed that the same may be finished exactly as the other metal parts of the supporting lamp, either floor or table, as the case may be.

Having described my invention what I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In a` device of the character described, a one-piece reflector, shade, and socket support formed of opaque material, comprising an upper outwardly flaring portion, an intermediate vertical cylindrical portion, a lower inwardly tapering iportion, a .so eket mounted in said lower portion, means to secure said socket to a portion of said housing, a reflector mounted in the upper portion Yosaid support, an electric lamp bulb mounted in said socket, a chain pull for said socket'which is accessible from the exterior of said support, a plurality of electric lamp sockets mounted in lsaid vertical cylindrical portion, 4'a switch mounted :therein operable from 'the exterior o'f'said :cylindrical portion, and conductors to convey electric Vcurrent from said switch to said sockets, there vvbeing -a chamber in said intermediate portion fin which said oonluotors are mounted.

l`GrllOltGrlil W. CASSIDY. 

